I am new to this blog and I totally agree with you. You provide
excellent tools,resources and tips. For me the newbie on the scene
I have been encouraged by your gift to give back and help others
learn.
Thanks for being yourself and much respect goes out to you!
Keep up the great work.As writers we are all on the same team,just focusing on many different areas. May we encourage one another.

We cannot be all things to all customers. We can take suggestions and just try to improve ourselves and our work. We are ever growing and learning. That’s the beauty of being a writer! Have a fantastic day and I look forward to being part of this community.
Respectfully
Trisha

Second of all, anonymous comments really piss me off. So from now on, if someone wants a comment published, they’ll need to leave a name and a “real” email address (which doesn’t go public). If someone doesn’t have the balls to take credit for what they want to say, they won’t be given the “floor” here.

As this is my blog, I’ll follow whatever journalistic style rules (or lack thereof) that I please. I write for readers in a conversational manner, and it serves my purposes well. I won’t change that to conform to a standard style outside of client work. This is one of my various “homes” on the Web, and if you choose to be a visitor here, I expect you to respect me and the other writers in the group. Constructive criticism is always welcome, as well as tips for improvement, but if you insult me or the others here, you’re not welcome back.

Now, most importantly, not a single writer in this group claims to be a perfect writer. As a matter of fact, if you had taken the time to read some of our posts, you would see that we very blatantly say that. Some of the best writers couldn’t make a living at it to save their lives. You don’t have to be the best in this industry to be a professional… it’s more about your marketing ability than your writing in the end. I’m quite proud personally to be someone who knows how to earn a living doing what I love as opposed to a closet “writer” obsessing over grammar on something as casual as a personal blog. If I used this blog to gain clients, it might be another story, but I don’t. It’s a networking tool, and “playground” for me to discuss industry issues as I please. As such, perfect grammar is far from a significant concern.

“Of course, there’s are some assumptions that you’ll have to make, and that’s that your writing is actually worth the price you come up with when setting your rates, and that you actually have the marketing ability to pull in clients at those rates. If not, see the points above about those issues.”

In today’s writing environment on the Web, any writer who’s not booked solid, at good to excellent rates (50 cents to $1 and more per word), is just not marketing effectively.

Writing is a business, and like any business, writers need to develop solid marketing skills, and then they need to devote half their available writing time to marketing – even when they’re fully booked.

Marketing needn’t be a chore; it can be great fun.

Cheers

Angela